Slums and informal housing developments in Akure are growing at an unprecedented rate. It is on this basis that this work sets out to map out the indices of slum and informal housing development in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. High-resolution satellite data, as well as primary and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i130331
Landslides constitute a considerable number of natural disasters globally. Landslides are not new in Kenya yet a dearth of information about the disasters has been reported. Murang’a County presents a unique case of geographical interest because of all the counties traversed by t...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i130329
The Lower Benue Trough, in South-eastern Nigeria, hosts several lead-zinc deposits. The mineralization is frequently hosted by Cretaceous black shales that appear to have undergone low grade metamorphism, and subordinate sandstones. Most parts of the deposits have been epigenetic...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i130330
Any attempt to understand the origin of lunar maria must as well account for the dearth of maria on the far-side of the Moon. Various attempts have been made to explain the origin of lunar maria based solely upon obvious lunar processes, namely, volcanism and impact phenomena. He...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2022/v26i130328
The objective of this policy paper is to examine, assess and propose a solid theoretical model that will assist in [1] assessing the current status of development mineral value chains; [2] identifying social economic activities for mining systems, and [3] proposing consistent rec...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1030326
The study analyzes land use /land cover changes (LULC) using landsat5 TM, landsat 7 ETM and landsat OLI images of 1990,2000, 2010 and 2020.Through this study, the pattern of urban expansion for 30 years has been studied and changes in the distant future (30 years from now) have a...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1030325
Petrographic and geochemical studies have been carried out on the peridotite xenoliths included in the pyroclastite deposits from the Lake Guinnadji and Ngao Djalsoka volcano close to the Dibi locality in the Adamawa plateau, central Cameroon. The peridotite xenoliths exhibit pro...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1030324
Man in his unlimited quest for a good life through varied activities and land use changes have become an important geomorphic agent. Based on this assertion, this study was designed to examine the implications of land use changes on the incidence of flooding and river bank erosio...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1030322
The non-availability of ellipsoidal heights of local geodetic Datums has made it necessary for the application of ellipsoidal heights transformation models to the available global ellipsoidal heights to obtain their respective theoretical heights in local Datums. It is required t...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1030323
Baramati Tehsil is the rural part of the Pune district which have an arid to semi-arid region. Groundwater is the main source of drinking water for the people living in this area. The groundwater is being removed from a dug well and borewells in the study area for drinking purpos...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i1030320